Hope he's not going to be another Giuseppe Rossi.
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Kiko Ready For Loan To Italy
I guess some time in the future we'll be traveling naked ...
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US to give drink containers closer look at airports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are warning air travelers to expect greater scrutiny of thermoses and other insulated drink containers at security checkpoints after intelligence suggested they could be used to hide explosives.
As a result, passengers flying within and to the United States may notice additional security measures related to insulated beverage containers in coming days, the notice posted on Thursday said.
My brother is traveling to England today. He's heading to Emirates Stadium to watch the Gunners face Chelsea. He plans to visit other parts of Europe too. Boy, I hope he could make it. Ice and snow could be dangerous.
This guy had given a talk at our Surau. I hope for his sake, as a Muslim, that this is true i.e. that he's innocent. Coz' "with power comes great responsibility", and as an assemblyman he can influence many decisions.
These drivers just don't care. Their "machine" are bigger and more powerful than the rest on the road; so they think they can do whatever they like. Punish them severely to teach others a lesson.
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Girl and mum killed after collecting exam results
KOTA BARU: A 15-year-old girl and her mother were killed in a road accident in Kok Lanas town after they had collected the girl’s PMR examination result.
The spokesman said Azizah, who was riding the machine, had stopped at the lights when she was hit by a lorry carrying sandstone.
He said the lorry also crashed into three vehicles waiting behind the motorcycle.
Bravo to the two authors. This work could benefit Malaysians who can't read Chinese. They deserve credit from the Government.
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Classic tale 'Three Kingdoms' retold in Malay
Yuen Boon Chan and Woo Tack Lok, who are established book and dictionary editors, took six years to translate the historical Chinese novel, which they have titled Hikayat Perang Tiga Negara, into Malay.
“Three Kingdoms has already been translated into more than 10 languages. We felt it was a good book which should be translated into Malay for all Malaysians to enjoy,” said Yuen after presenting the 1,200 pages of the Malay manuscripts to Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) director-general Datuk Termuzi Abdul Aziz here yesterday.
VDS gloves are pretty big to be filled. Maybe we'll see a "stuttering period" in goalkeeping much like last time before VDS arrived in United.
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Van der Sar protege ponders United future
Atletico Madrid keeper David De Gea knows he could follow in the footsteps of his hero Edwin van der Sar at United.
The 20-year-old knows United are watching him and has has left the door open to moving to Old Trafford in the summer.
"I know Sir Alex Ferguson already has viewed me," the Spaniard told Voetbal International. "My contract with Atletico runs until mid-2013.
"After this season we should look at what happens and who wants to talk can come and talk.
"At Atletico, I owe them everything and I would love to stay, but on the other hand Manchester United is a great club."
On his hero Edwin van der Sar, De Gea added: "Edwin's style appeals to me. I've tried to make it my own."
yes his performance was good during the Valencia match; however, we are still yet to see CONSISTENCY to really know whether he can really live up to this recent "hype". BPL is still the proving ground.
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Anderson To Reignite United’s Title Challenge
His performance last night in particular was a sign of what Anderson is capable of when he puts his mind to it. Comfortably the best player on the pitch, he controlled the midfield and orchestrated much of United’s good forward play. He scored the vital equaliser that ensured United topped their Champions’ League group and avoided European giants like Barcelona and Real Madrid in the first knock out stage, and would have had a couple of assists to his name had Dimitar Berbatov been more clinical in front of goal.
His incisive passing through the Valencia defence to the United strikers as well as his long balls out wide to Nani and Park were exquisite, and while it’s far too early to talk of him replacing the genius of Scholes, the signs are definitely there that he has the potential to come very close.
I read about ancient practice of Sati whereby the wife immolates herself on her husband's pyre, when I was still at primary school. I guess this boy can't bear the separation and his parent's wish. Pity.
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Teen kills self by jumping into girlfriend’s funeral pyre
MAKKAL Osai reported that a 17-year-old boy in Punjab, India, shocked onlookers by jumping into the funeral pyre of his girlfriend who had committed suicide.
The girl had apparently taken her own life after her parents refused to accept their relationship.
Bittu Singh’s skeletal remains were found when the girl’s family returned to collect her ashes the next day.
This could be gang related. It seems like Ipoh is beginning to look like a hotbed for gang related activities. See another news of another murder case that look like a hit by gangs here http://goo.gl/RpBgV.
... either a brave man or in denial. He's always protective since his Chelsea days. But, this is really bad. I mean, just before this game both Ronaldo and Messi scored their hat-tricks; and this is supposed to be a classic encounter, but it became a whitewash. Football, bloody hell!
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Mourinho plays down scale of loss
Jose Mourinho denied Real Madrid were humiliated after they suffered a crushing 5-0 defeat at the hands of rivals Barcelona on Monday night.
"One team played very good, one team very bad," Mourinho said. "One deserved to win and deserved to lose. Humiliated? No. It's easy to deal with this loss, we just weren't good enough.
Goals from Xavi, Pedro, a double from David Villa and a last-gasp effort from Jeffren saw Barcelona secure a victory that sends them top of the Primera Liga and inflicted the worst defeat of Mourinho's career.
Call in PAC and MACC. Find out who's the culprit this time. I smell rat here ...
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Fresh tender to complete Shah Alam Hospital
Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor said the tender advertisement was put up last Friday and would close on Dec 17.
"The Public Works Department is presently calling for a new tender to appoint a 'white knight' contractor through a limited tender procurement to proceed with the remainder of the abandoned project.
Another one of those Singaporean "social experiment" I guess. It really showed that some in Singapore still hold their eastern values highly.
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Nightspot offers free entry to those with condoms
HEALTH counsellors have condemned a popular nightspot in Singapore for offering its patrons free entry if they come with condoms, reported Sin Chew Daily.
The club – The Butter Factory – offered patrons free entry between 10pm and midnight last Saturday if they came with condoms.
Those who forgot to bring condoms were given some by the club for free.
Counsellors warned that the move – which was publicised by the nightspot via Facebook with the theme “Got cover?” – was encouraging pre-marital sex and threatening the marriage institution.
Now, if only the current premier agrees. I think there's truth in Tun M's thoughts. We should learn from Dubai and the recent economic crisis. We're not out of the woods yet. We should concentrate on improving our infrastructure first. We have a lot to learn from Singapore with regards to planning and maintaining a modern super city.
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We don’t need Warisan Merdeka yet, says Dr M
“I see signs everywhere saying ‘for sale’ or ‘for rent’ in quite a number of places,” he said. “This means we have a surplus of office space,” he added when addressing a full house lecture titled “Revisiting Vision 2020” yesterday.
“We should build it (Warisan Merdeka) a little later,” said Mahathir. “Maybe when I’m not around,” he added in jest.
He also said Malaysia could reach a property glut from overzealous development and cautioned against following in the footsteps of Dubai, Hong Kong and Japan, which suffered from a credit crisis due to overbuilding.
“There will come a stage when they cannot sell or pay back the bank. I’m not sure whether we are going to reach that level yet or not, but maybe we are quite near there.”
I think the score card doesn't look that good. More and more people has expressed dissatisfaction. It doesn't look good for the next election. I think they should dump PKR from the line-up in the next GE.
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Heads of Pakatan-ruled states discuss successes
The second Pakatan Mentris Besar and Chief Minister summit, hosted by the Selangor government, also felt that the mainstream media should give better coverage of the coalition.
Asked about Pakatan’s strategy to maintain control of the states it won at the last general election, Khalid said:
“I do not think it is right to openly speak about our strategy.”
He, however, urged the parties under Pakatan to be prepared for an early election.
Besides PAS maintaining its hold on Kelantan, the Opposition pact wrested four states from the Barisan – Selangor, Penang, Kedah and Perak – at the last general election in 2008.
However, Perak has since returned to the Barisan after three state assemblymen quit the coalition to become Barisan-friendly independents.
Zaid will just confuse the masses even more. Makes me wonder what is his real motive here. He might as well join PERKASA.
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Zaid may revive dormant political party
Zaid had received offers to take over several other parties but he was said to be interested in the party that was set up over four decades ago.
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Zaid Ibrahim will likely revive a dormant party founded by a reputable statesman.
Several MPs were said to have shown interest in joining the new party.
Many also believed that he would continue to maintain a good rapport with DAP and PAS despite falling out with PKR.
The CSI guy only came back for the other slugs two days later. And he further admit he was careless. This guy should be "fired". Excuse the pun.
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Shots fired were meant to stop car, says inspector
SHAH ALAM: The gunshot marks on the car teenager Aminulrasyid Amzah was driving the night he was shot dead showed that it was an attempt by the police to stop the vehicle.
Chief Inspector Mazli Jusoh @ Che Kob told the Sessions Court yesterday his finding was based on the pattern of the gunshot marks, which were found at the bottom of the white Proton Iswara Aeroback with registration number BET 5023.
"I examined the car the night of the incident on April 26 and found that most of the gunshot marks were at the bottom of the vehicle," he said when questioned by counsel M. Athimulan.
"The only one found in the upper part of the car was a shot entering the rear window and through the driver seat's head rest."
Mazli said he only collected one bullet cartridge the night he first visited the crime scene. The other 18 cartridges and slugs were recovered two days later. He admitted this was because of his carelessness and also said there could have been more bullet slugs or cartridges at the crime scene which were not recovered.Read more at www.nst.com.my
Another nice graphics or data visualization of scientific citation throughout the world. Why so pale Russia?
very nice graphics of world oil production. Looks like Malaysia's production is more or less like Indonesia.
Like father, like son. Parliament will be less fun without them, i guess.
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Gobind Singh ejected from Parliament again
KUALA LUMPUR: Gobind Singh (DAP-Puchong) was ejected from Parliament Monday, the third time in two years.
Gobind was hitting out at Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein for dodging questions linked to the alleged interference by the the ministry in police matters, and also the involvement of the police in blocking the then Sultan of Kelantan Sultan Ismail Petra's convoy in May.
Karpal Singh (DAP-Bukit Gelugor) had earlier asked Hishammuddin to explain the police's action in blocking Sultan Ismail Petra's convoy, from which the Raja Perempuan Tengku Anis Tengku Hamid was hauled out.
"I will come back tomorrow, and I will ask the same questions again," said a defiant Gobind before leaving.
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As we move towards developed nation by 2020 the need will be acute as there'd be more stress ... especially if Tun Mahathir is still around to berate the PM on why his vision is not achieved he 2x.
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Only 233 psychiatrists to treat 28 million Malaysians
“The ideal ratio is 1:50,000,” he said after the opening of a public forum on handling stress at Ipoh City Hall yesterday.
He noted that the country also had 55 private psychiatrists, but almost 45% of them were based in the Klang Valley.
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I think he should just stick with his law practice. After his "stints" in both UMNO and PKR, I don't think a lot of people will trust him. And he has the cheeks to say good luck to "adoring fans" of DSAI. Politics is always dirty.
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Zaid quits race for PKR No 2, all party posts
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has quit the PKR deputy presidential race saying the party "leadership actively condone malpractices and electoral fraud to achieve its designed objectives."
Zaid also resigned as the party's political bureau member, Federal Territory chief and Wangsa Maju chief.
Earlier, PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail had denied claims of vote manipulation despite numerous complaints of irregularities during divisions as well as central party polls.
"I remain committed to the Opposition’s cause and will continue to speak about the issues of the common people.
"Finally, I hope those adoring fans of Anwar Ibrahim will no longer regard me as a “spoiler” standing in the way of their march to Putrajaya. I wish them well."
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I think general election is really round the corner. BN is starting to "rattle" the opposition's supporters. Opposition need to work harder coz' talk on the streets is still disillusioned by the sincerity of BN leaders.
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Muhyiddin: Barisan Nasional now 'back in business'
"Do not underestimate us because the BN is now back in business. We may have been rattled a little two years ago, but the BN is back in business.
Muhyiddin also urged Barisan leaders to meet the people often and resolve their problems.
Muhyiddin, who indicated that the next general election, due in 2013, would be held "soon", said the people would be the gauge for all the coalition's efforts and initiatives because they would determine whether the party would continue to be in power.
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What a piece of work! either he's really stupid or he's trying real hard to be an instant hit throughout cyberverse. "Abject" doesn't even begin to describe this.
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Rugby: Australian player in dog sex scandal
SYDNEY: Australian rugby league star Joel Monaghan is awaiting his fate after he admitted simulating a sex act with a dog in a drunken moment of "abject stupidity", further sullying the sport's image. The Canberra Raiders board will meet on Monday to discuss how to deal with Monaghan after a photo of the centre with a teammate's labrador was posted on a social networking site this week.
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I wonder if she'd ever come back, in what capacity will she be?
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Clinton vows to come back
SUBANG: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is so impressed with Malaysia that she vowed to return here before bidding “Malaysia-America Boleh”.
Clinton, who was visiting Malaysia for the first time, said she was so impressed with the development in Kuala Lumpur that she gave her personal guarantee that she would come to this country again.
“I know we have the determination, talent, and we have the deep ties between the two countries at the government-to-government, business-to-business and people-to-people levels,” Clinton said before heading to Papua New Guinea.
“The United States is Malaysia’s largest trading partner. Malaysia is the 15th largest trading partner for United States,” he said, adding that bilateral trade yielded US$40bil (RM124bil) and bilateral service trade yielded US$3.3bil (RM10.2bil).
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A380 is a new airplane. Looking at the number of people in the airplane, Airbus need to take this seriously. This is double a Boeing 747.
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Qantas plane makes emergency landing in S'pore after losing engine (Updated)
A Qantas spokesman in Sydney, Australia, said the A380 aircraft experienced an engine issue soon after taking off from Singapore on a flight to Sydney.
The plane had 433 passengers and 26 crew on board.
Qantas spokeswoman Emma Kearns said one of four engines on the plane flying from Singapore to Sydney shut down.
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It goes to prove that people bring out their best when there's no other alternatives but getting results that they believed in. Nice article by HBR.
I watched this many times. Some of the songs just got stuck in my head like forever... that's Bollywood.
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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - 1998
Cast: Kajol, Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee
Rahul (Khan) and tomboy Anjali (Kajol) are students at Xavier College as well as best friends, until transfer student Tina (Mukherjee) arrives to disrupt their relationship. Tina is everything that Anjali is not - beautiful, feminine and sophisticated — and while Anjali is busy realizing her feelings for Rahul, he's developing his own for the new arrival. Inevitably, Anjali professes her love for Rahul, is rejected, and flees the school heartbroken. But this being a Bollywood film, the hits keep coming: Tina and Rahul marry, but Tina dies soon after childbirth. On her eighth birthday, the daughter — whom they name Anjali — and her grandmother devise a plot to reunited Rahul with the woman he once loved. But unbeknownst to them, the older Anjali is preparing to wed another man. It's a classic Bollywood potboiler that soars from one melodramatic climax to the next. Read more at www.time.com
12 shots from the accused arms. Wow ... that's a lot considering you're firing at a kid (who drive at high speed). I don't think the corporal will get out of this one.
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Gunshot to the head killed Aminulrasyid, court hears
He said this when testifying in the trial of Kpl Jenain Subi, 48, who is charged under Section 304(a) of the Penal Code for causing Aminulrasyid's death on April 26 at Jalan Tarian 11/2, Section 11 here between 1.10am to 2am.
The charge for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, carries a maximum jail of 30 years if convicted.
Questioned by deputy prosecutor Adilla Ahmad about the range from which Aminulraysid was shot, Dr Khairul Azman, the prosecution's 23rd witness, said based on the nature of the wound with the bullet's entry point in the back of the head but not exiting the skull, it must have been from a distance.
He said from the tests, it was determined that three shots were fired from the constable's gun and 12 from Jenain's.
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First he say it's important, then a test to positively confirm it was used was not necessary. Hmm ... Malaysians need to watch more CSIs.
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Sodomy II: No test conducted for presence of lubricant, court told
General surgeon Dr Mohd Razali Ibrahim said knowing whether lubrication had been used, especially in a sodomy case, was very important, as it could indicate that sodomy might have ccurred even if there were no signs of injury.
However, when queried by Anwar's counsel Sankara Nair, Dr Mohd Razali admitted that he had not asked for a lubrication test to be conducted to ascertain the presence of any lubricant in Mohd Saiful as he did not think it was necessary. "It was not necessary. It was necessary to know, but not necessary to test," he said during cross-examination.
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My heart goes out to the people of Indonesia who are constantly facing natural disasters all the time.
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Death toll in Indonesian tsunami, volcano tops 340
Hundreds were still missing after Monday's 10-foot (3-meter) wave spawned by a massive quake struck the remote Mentawi islands off western Sumatra, where rescue officials - kept away for days because of stormy seas and bad weather - started arriving at the scene to chart the scope of the devastation.
The islands lie close to the epicenter of the 7.7-magnitude quake that struck late Monday beneath the ocean floor. The fault line on Sumatra island's coast is the same one that caused the 2004 quake and tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean.
Indonesia's version, completed in 2008 with German aid, has since fallen into such disrepair that it effectively stopped working about a month ago, according to the head of the Meteorology and Geophysic Agency.
The system, which uses buoys to electronically detect sudden changes in water level, worked when it was completed, but by 2009 routine tests of it were showing problems, said the agency chief, who uses the single name Fauzi.
By last month, he said, the entire system was broken because of inexperienced operators.
On the ash-covered slopes of Mount Merapi, authorities continued a search for more victims.
About 36,000 people have been evacuated, according to the Indonesian Red Cross. Some defied authorities and returned home to check on crops and possessions left behind. More than 11,000 people live on Merapi's fertile slopes.
Among the dead from Tuesday's eruption was an 83-year-old man named Maridjan, who was entrusted by a late king from the nearby city of Yogyakarta to watch over the mountain's unpredictable spirits. He had refused to leave his house high on its slopes.
The discovery Wednesday of his ash-covered body, reportedly found in a position of Islamic prayer, kneeling face-down on the floor, rattled residents who for years joined his ceremonies to appease the rumbling giant by throwing rice, clothes and chickens into the crater.
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wow ... feels like watching a James Bond movie. 83mil pound a year for 5,600 vehicles is a lot of moolah. Wonder if M'sian govt would soon follow ...
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will be supplied with BMW cars and motorcycles as part of a four-year deal.
The development will see cars such as the BMW 330d Saloon and Touring, 530d Saloon and Touring, all variants of X1, X3 xDrive20d, X5 xDrive30d and xDrive40d, and the R1200 RF-P Police bike all take a high profile role in the fight against crime. Some of the vehicles will also be unmarked and perform less visible policing roles.
The National Policing Improvement Agency approved the BMW contract. The agency is a procurement body that oversees the purchase of the 5,600 police vehicle that are bought every year by forces across Britain with a total expenditure of £83mil.Read more at star-motoring.com
There's a sicko in that house or there could be one nasty ghost. Authority must take action to avoid any more injuries, or worse death.
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This time, a flying screwdriver
GEORGE TOWN: Just 48 hours after a falling stone killed a man at the Jalan Sungai low-cost flat, a screwdriver came flying down Monday, narrowly missing a housewife and her brother’s two children.
Sharifah Mydin Kutty, 27, was shocked to see her car’s windscreen smashed by the screwdriver just after she got out of the vehicle to collect the schoolbags from the boot for the two kids at about 3pm.
On Saturday, 64-year-old Koay Chin Chai died after he was hit on the head by a stone measuring 14cm by 10cm and weighing about 280gm.
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This case keeps on getting more twists and turns each day. I wonder how long will DSAI will last the bout this time.
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Sodomy II: Another medical report of Mohd Saiful exists, court told
KUALA LUMPUR: Another medical report exists that contains more details of Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's medical history and examination, the High Court was told Monday.
Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) general surgeon Dr Mohd Razali Ibrahim told the court that there was another "initial report" which had been prepared and signed by all three HKL doctors who had presided over Mohd Saiful's case.
Earlier, Dr Mohd Razali said investigating officer Supt Jude Pereira was also present during Mohd Saiful's three-hour medical examination on June 28.
Anwar, 63, has claimed trial to a charge of sodomising Mohd Saiful, 25, at Desa Damansara Condominium in Jalan Setiakasih, Bukit Damansara, here, on June 26, 2008.
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The rich still asks the poor to "eat bread".
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As Rooney cashes in, his adopted city prepares for worst of cuts
Unsettled striker will earn up to £200,000 a week for next five years, whilst in Manchester alone, 40,000 workers are expected to their lose jobs by 2014.
So, too, has the amount of money he will be paid. According to sources within the game, Rooney will now be awarded up to £200,000 each week for the next five years to kick a ball for United. It is a weekly pay packet from which he could still expect change if he was planning to buy a red-brick, three-bedroom, semi-detached home in the neighbourhood of Manchester United's ground, Old Trafford, an area with deprivation and high numbers of poor immigrant families which by historical quirk has provided the setting for the most popular football team in the world since the patch of land was carved out from beside the Cheshire railway line in 1910.
It is now estimated that 40,000 people in the Greater Manchester area will lose their jobs as a result of Chancellor George Osborne's plans to cut £83bn from public spending to fight the deficit. Those cuts will translate into the loss of 30,000 public-sector posts and a further 10,000 job losses from private businesses.
For those disembarking from the coaches outside Old Trafford in the drizzle last night under the watchful gaze of the United Trinity – statues of George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton – most could only wonder at the riches on show. Igor Michurin, 34, a doctor from Novosibirsk in central Russia, emerged from the megastore clutching a pair of Manchester United pyjamas for his daughter. He said his club, FC Sibir, could never afford to sign a Rooney. "Yes, he is a very good footballer, but he needs to grow up. He makes mistakes, but that is natural when you are young." Bayu Chang, a 33-year-old banker from Malaysia, was less understanding: "For me, he should go, because he has the intention to go. It's too much money, of course, at such a young age."
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